Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

phylostratum

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
phy-lo-stra-tum
IPA
22
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The set of genes, of a particular organism, that have the same phylogenetic origin

Etymology

From phylo- + stratum.

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Questions

What does phylostratum mean?
The set of genes, of a particular organism, that have the same phylogenetic origin
Where does phylostratum come from?
From phylo- + stratum.

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